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Notice: 29094682

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Division:

Property Tax Oversight Program

Chapter:

ADMINISTRATION OF FORMS

Overview

RULE:

12D-16.002

Index to Forms

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the proposed amendments to Rule 12D-16.002, F.A.C., is to implement law changes enacted in 2024.

SUMMARY:

The proposed amendments to Rule 12D-16.002, F.A.C., incorporate by reference, a new form, amendments to eight forms, and repeal two obsolete forms.
Amended Form DR-416, Physician’s Certification of Total and Permanent Disability. Clarifies instructions to physicians completing the form as provided in Section 14, Ch. 2024-2, L.O.F.
Amended Form DR-453, Notice of Tax Lien for Exemptions and Assessment Limitations. Adds additional statutes that require a notice of tax lien to recover unpaid taxes for property that received an exemption or assessment limitation when the property was not entitled to the exemption or limitation, as amended by Sections 4, 7, 9, 11 and 12, Chapter 2024-158, L.O.F.
Amended Form DR-487, Certification of Compliance. Adds that proof of publication on a website be provided by a school district that advertises its intent to adopt a tentative budget on a publicly accessible website as provided in Section 200.065(2)(f), F.S., as amended by Section 1, Chapter 2024-159, L.O.F.
Amended Form DR-501, Original Application for Homestead and Related Tax Exemptions. Adds provisions to reflect that penalty and interest are not due, and when back taxes are due, if a homestead exemption is granted because of a clerical mistake or omission by the property appraiser as provided in Section 196.011(9)(a) and (b), F.S., as amended by Section 9, Chapter 2024-158, L.O.F.
Amended Form DR-501PGP, Application for Assessment Reduction for Living Quarters of Parents or Grandparents. Adds provisions to reflect that penalty and interest are not due, and when back taxes are due, if a reduction in assessment for living quarters of parents or grandparents is granted because of a clerical mistake or omission by the property appraiser as provided in Section 193.703(7), as amended by Section 7, Chapter 2024-158, L.O.F.
New Form DR-501V, Tentative Eligibility Verification for Certain Exemptions. Provides a new form for property appraisers to use to provide tentative eligibility verification for property exemptions to certain veterans and surviving spouses after the purchase of a homestead property as provided in Section 196.092, F.S., created by Chapter 2024-217, L.O.F.
Amended Form DR-504AFH, Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Application and Return for Multifamily Project and Affordable Housing Property. Expands Section D., Newly Constructed Multifamily Project Exemption, to include in the exemption projects in an area of critical state concern that contain 10 or more units dedicated to affordable housing as provided in Section 196.1978(3), F.S., as amended by Section 13, Chapter 2024-158, L.O.F.
Amended Form DR-504CS, Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Application and Return for Charter School Facilities. Removes the requirement to annually apply for exemption as a charter school property, adds the requirement for the owner of lessee of property used as a charter school to notify the property appraiser when use of the property changes the exempt status, and provides the penalties for receiving the exemption when not entitled to the exemption, as provided in Section 196.0911(5), F.S., as added by Section 4, Chapter 2024-101, L.O.F.
Amended Form DR-505, Report of Errors and Insolvencies. Expands the errors and insolvencies report issued by tax collectors to the board of county commissioners after the tax certificate sale has ended to include federal bankruptcies, properties in which taxes are below the minimum tax bill, and properties assigned to the list of lands available for taxes as provided in Section 2, Chapter 2024-91, L.O.F.
Repeal Forms DR-5002, Decision of the Value Adjustment Board – Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole Tax Refund,  and DR-5003, Report of Total Reductions in Taxes from Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole. Repeals obsolete forms which expired January 1, 2024, as reflected in Section 5, Chapter 2024-3, L.O.F.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

195.002(2), 195.027(1), 196.011(1), (5), (6), 196.075(4)(d), (5), 196.1978, 196.1979, 197.319 FS.

LAW:

95.18, 136.03, 192.001(18), 192.0105, 193.052, 193.077, 193.085, 193.092, 193.114, 193.122, 193.155, 193.1554, 193.1555, 193.1556, 193.461, 193.501, 193.503, 193.625, 193.703, 194.011, 194.032, 194.034, 194.035, 194.036, 194.037, 194.171, 194.181, 195.002, 195.022, 195.087, 196.011, 196.015, 196.031, 196.075, 196.092, 196.095, 196.101, 196.121, 196.131, 196.141, 196.151, 196.173, 196.183, 196.193, 196.1961, 196.1978, 196.1979, 196.1983, 196.1995, 196.202, 196.24, 196.26, 197.182, 197.222, 197.2423, 197.2425, 197.3181, 197.319, 197.3632, 197.3635, 197.414, 197.432, 197.472, 197.492, 197.502, 197.512, 197.552, 200.065, 200.069, 218.12, 218.125, 218.66, 218.6 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

12/23/2024 Vol. 50/248

COMMENTS:

From 12/23/2024 To 1/13/2025 (21 Days)

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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